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University of California, Santa Barbara D.R. eHumanista UC-Mexicanistas Printed in Mexico Joan Roís de Corella and His Historical and Cultural European Context. 15th-Century Selected Chronology Elena Sánchez López Universitat d’Alacant Antonio Cortijo Ocaña University of California The following is a selected chronology that includes some of the most relevant literary, cultural, and historical dates that pertain to the 15th century in the Iberian Peninsula, France, Italy, and England. This chronology might help the reader contextualize the figure and works of Joan Roís de Corella 1.1. CrowN of ARAGON Literature & culture ca. 1400 Birth of Jaume Roig, author of Spill o Llibre de les dones (d. a Ben- imàmet, 1478). 1400 (February 13) Guillem & Francesc Martorell, grandfather and father, respectively, of the novelist Joanot Martorell, settle in Va- lencia. ca. 1400 Bith of Ausiàs March (d. 1459), probably in Valencia. He was a relative of Joan Roís de Corella. ca. 1404 Història de Jacob Xalabín (anonymous). 1405 Bernat Metge —after being acquitted of all charges against him— receives for the second time the appointment as royal sec- retary. 1405-7 Anselm (a.k.a. en Telm) Turmeda: Llibre de tres. 1405-11 Birth of Joanot Martorell, probably in Valencia (d. 1465): Tirant lo Blanch. 82 1407 Flos mundi (anonymous), a world history from the creation of the world until the reign of Peter IV of Aragon, ‘the Ceremonious´. 1408 Francesc Eiximenis takes part in the Council of Perpignan. He is appointed interim bishop of the diocese of Elna (Perpignan) by Pope Benedict XIII. 1409 Francesc Eiximenis dies in Adge (Occitania). 1409 (February, 24) Sermon by Fr. Gilabert Jofré in the cathedral of Valencia. He defends the creation of a confraternity in order to build the Hospital for the Insane of St. Mary of the Innocents, the first mental hospital ever founded in the world. 1410 After the death of Martin of Aragon, ‘the Human´, Bernat Metge retires voluntarily from public life. 1413 Bernat Metge dies in Barcelona. 1413 Translation of the Bible into Catalan (by Fr. Boniface Ferrer?) 1414 (November, 13) Closing session of the Disputation of Tortosa in Sant Mateu (Castelló) —religious conference summoned by An- tipope Benedict XIII with the participation of most of the rabbis of Catalonia and Aragon 1415 Founding of the University of Calatayud. 1415 (May, 11) The particularly anti-Semitic Papal BullEtsi doctoris gentium is issued by Antipope Benedict XIII. 1415 Ausiàs March attends Courts (an advisory council composed of the most powerful feudal lords closest to the king). 1415 Felip Boïl de l’Escala fights against the Castilian knight Lope Al- fonso de Montemolín in Ceuta. 1416-24 Aproximate date of the preserved poems by Jordi de Sant Jordi: eighteen poems in the troubadour style. 1416-1426 Nicolau Quilis: translation of Cicero’s De officiis. ca. 1417 Història de París i Viana. 1417 Don Enrique de Villena writes his Catalan version of Los doce trabajos de Hércules. 1418 La Disputa de l’ase contra frare Anselm by Anselm (o en Telm) Turmeda. 83 1418 Catalan translation of Brunetto Latini’s Tresor, by Guillem de Copons. 1419 (April, 5) Saint Vincent Ferrer dies in Vannes (France) . 1419 (July, 24) Ausiàs March writes his last will and testament before leaving for Italy with the army of Alfonso V of Aragon, ‘the Mag- nanimous´. 1420/30-59 Writings of Ausiàs March. ca. 1420 Birth of Pere Torroella (d. ca. 1460): lais, sonnets, poetry in the style of Ausiàs March. 1420 Tufha by Anselm Turmeda. 1420 Supposed date of the Libre dels feits d’armes de Catalunya, at- tributed to Bernat Boades (it is in fact a forgery from the 17th. century by Joan Gaspar Roig i Jalpí). 1421 Ausiàs March returns from the Italian military campaigns led by Alfonso V ‘the Magnanimous.´ 1422 Dispute between Ausiàs March and Luis de Monsalvo. 1423 Jordi de Sant Jordi is imprisoned in Naples by the attacking army led by Francesco Sforza and Louis of Anjou (of Toulouse). His captivity probably motivated the composition of his poem Presoner. 1423 (November, 29) Antipope Benedict XIII dies in Peñíscola. 1424 Death of Jordi de Sant Jordi. 1424 Ausiàs March takes part in the military expedition in support of Infante Pere in Naples. The poet takes part in the conquest of the Kerkennah Islands. 1425 Inauguration of the bell tower of the Cathedral of Valencia known as el Micalet, 1429 Translation into Catalan of Boccaccio´s Decameron. 1429 Andreu Febrer concludes the translation into Catalan of Dante´s Divina Commedia. ca. 1430 First poems by Ausiàs March. 1430 Birth of Sor Isabel de Villena (d. 1490), the illegitimate daughter of the Marquis of Villena: Vita Christi. 84 1430 Foundation of the University of Barcelona. 1431 Alfonso V ‘the Magnanimous’ sends the Valencian painter Lluís Dalmau to Flanders in order to learn at the workshop of Van Eyck, who visited Valencia in 1427 and impressed the King. 1434 Death of Enrique of Aragon, Marquis of Villena. 1435 Probable writing date of the anonymous novel Curial e Güelfa. 1435 (September, 28) Birth of Joan Roís de Corella (d. 1497). 1435-40 Birth of Bernat Fenollar (d. 1516), author of Lo procés de les olives and Lo passi en cobles, among other works. 1435-1449 Legal dispute of Ausiàs March vs. the City of Gandia regarding fiscal charges. 1436 Ausiàs March acts as a witness in a legal dispute between Pere Roís de Corella and Francesc de Castellví (“Bandositats valenci- anes”). 1437 (May, 12) Ausiàs March sings a nuptial agreement with Isabel Martorell, sister of the author of Tirant lo Blanch. 1437 (May, 12) Conflict between Joanot Martorell and Joan de Mon- palau due to the physical injuries inflicted by the latter to Da- miata, Joanot’s sister. 1437 Birth of Lluís de Santàngel, the main sponsor of Columbus’ first trip to the New World. 1438 Bernat Hug de Rocabertí: La Glòria d’Amor. 1438 Felip de Malla: El pecador remut. 1438 Pere Tomich: Històries e conquestes dels reis d’Aragó e dels comtes de Barcelona —a summary of which was later produced by Ga- briel Turell in his Recort (1476). 1438 (January, 15) Ausiàs March is challenged by Galcerà Martorell, Joanot’s brother, because the former had not yet married Isabel Martorell. 1438 While residing in London, Joanot Martorell challenges Joan de Monpalau (in writing) to a duel (Henry VI of England acts as legal arbiter). 85 1439 While residing in London, Joanot Martorell challenges Perot Mercader to a duel.